Flight Plan (FLIGHT series #01)

Flight 49 - Squawk

Squawk

A squawk code is a discrete transponder code. Air traffic controllers will use the term when requesting a pilot to identify their airplane on the air traffic control radar; and pilots input their squawk codes to the transponder to be identified by ATC. Each airline flight has their unique or corresponding squawk code assigned by ATC during the "Clearance Delivery".
It is composed of four numbers wherein four of these number combinations shall not be used by any aircraft and shall avoid be accidentally inputted to the transponder for they are only to be used in their own given situations:
> 7500 – aircraft hijacking
>7600 – lost communications/radio failure
> 7700 – other emergencies
Another squawk code used is 1200 for VFR flights.

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Preceded by: FLIGHT LEVEL Flight 1.48.5 - Haze

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May iba pang regalo si Xav para sa akin. Pero the following day niya na binigay. To be honest, binigay niya sa akin by the time na linalagay namin sa compartment 'yong mga bags namin by the time na nakapag-checkout na kami and patungo na ng Clark for the RNAV and IR simulator schedules that will start tomorrow.

And regarding sa kung saan ako tutuloy ay na-approve na rin nila Papa and Mama na I'll be staying sa condo ni Xav. Well, hindi lang naman kasi ako ang makikituloy sa kanya. Maging 'yong iba na nag-pull out ng mga dorms sa WAA; like ni Carina and Rylie na makakasama ko sa isang kwarto, tapos sila Sage, Marcus at Leo naman sa isa.

But then, back to the gift. It had been the very same painting that he had been working on back then. Right now, it is finished. And kahit na nakita ko na siya dati half-way done, it is still mesmerizing to look at it now.

Un amour qui était plus que de l'amour. A love that is more than love.

For tonight, kami lamang ni Xav ang magsta-stay sa condo niya, since bukas pa ng umaga or hapon darating 'yong iba. Pwera kasi sa amin ni Xav and nila Ange, Kael, Christine and Zander na naka-assign sa dead hours schedule na from two until nine in the morning, 'yong iba ay naka-schedule na for the afternoon and evening. Also training na ang nag-assign ng groupings namin, and it is in rotation para sa schedule.

Nine hours ang assigned for each of us para sa simulator. In short, nine schedules ang binigay sa amin; and alternate ang three groups sa kung sino sa morning, afternoon, and evening (starting the schedule from 3 in the morning until 9 in the evening). Six hours per schedule pero may thirty minutes na pre-briefing and post-briefing, and each student sa group has a one-hour lesson. And iba-iba rin ang na-assign sa amin na instructor depending sa mga schedules namin. Ang maganda nga lamang sa schedules ng simulator is isang bagsakan kung ibigay ang schedule, and nasabihan na rin kami in regards sa rotation ng hours, kaya hindi na kami nagulat pa sa mga iyon.

During our ride patungong Clark, napagdesisyunan na namin ni Xav na perhaps it is time to give everyone a hint. But he decided that we better drop the bomb already; both of us ready for whatever consequences that will happen next. One that involves the lingering media that, sooner or later, will catch wind of it.

Sabay kami nag-post, to be exact, habang hinihintay namin maluto ang inihanda niyang dinner. Pinost ko 'yong completed na painting niya and captioned it with "A love that is more than love". And ang pinost niya naman is a sketch of me that he had finished over breakfast earlier, giving it a title of "Good morning, zolottse" and an additional caption that is the same to that of mine.

And it is enough to cause such a frenzy for practically everyone, especially para sa mga mutuals namin. After all, naka-tag din sa caption ang pareho naming usernames. Kasabay din no'n ang dagsa ng notifications sa Viber batch group namin, and maging mga personal na chats sa Messenger and comments sa Facebook. All had been "congratulations" and had been personal questions of kailan pa raw naging kami.